The relationship between body mass index and body fat percentage and periodontal status in Mexican adolescents.

Objective: To assess the association between obesity indicators and the periodontal status of high school students.

Materials And Methods: High school students (15-year-olds) in Mexico City participated in the survey (n = 257). International Obesity Task Force cut-off values (ISO-BMI) were applied to identify overweight and obesity.

Short stature is related to high body fat composition despite body mass index in a Mexican population.

Background: Mexico has a high prevalence of short stature (SS) population; thus, body mass index (BMI) criteria for diagnosis of obesity should be different from that in a tall stature (TS) population. The aim of this study was to determine whether SS at the same BMI would have greater body fat mass than those with TS.

Methods: We studied 116 individuals, 58 with SS (women < or =1.